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    The O'Cahan (Irish: Ó Catháin 'descendants of Cahan') were a powerful sept of the Northern Uí Néill's Cenél nEógain in medieval Ireland. The name is presently...
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  • Manus O'Cahan's Regiment of Foot was an Irish regiment which served during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the mid-1640s. Manus O'Cahan's Regiment of...
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  • Donnell Ballagh O'Cahan (died 1627) was an Irish landowner in Ulster. A vassal of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, O'Cahan was frequently in rebellion alongside...
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  • Donnell Ballagh O'Cahan, Tyrone's principal vassal, succeeded to the O'Cahan chieftainship in April 1598. To reaffirm their alliance, O'Cahan married Rose...
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    Cumee na Gall O'Cahan (Irish: Cú Maighe na nGall Ó Catháin) was a chief of the O'Cahan of Keenaght, Fir-na-Creeve and Fir Lee in modern-day County Londonderry...
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    Charles James O'Cahan O'Donnell (1849 – 3 December 1934) was an Irish colonial administrator in the British Raj, and later a member of the Parliament...
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  • Ruairí Dall Ó Catháin (anglicized: Rory Dall O'Cahan) may have been an Irish harper and composer. Recent research, however, raises the question whether...
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  • Tabhair dom do Lámh) is a tune from early 17th century Ireland by Rory Dall O'Cahan. It is one of the most widely recorded pieces of Irish traditional music...
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    O'Cahan by encouraging O'Cahan to renew his suit against Tyrone. Attorney-General for Ireland Sir John Davies prepared a case to prove that O'Cahan's...
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  • before moving into County Londonderry, ruling a region that became known as O'Cahan Country. This clan descend from Connor Mac Fergal, who in turn is descended...
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    Tyrone and the environs of Coleraine in County Antrim, together called O'Cahan's Country a small area of County Donegal around Lough Foyle In 1613, this...
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  • Christianity portal Conn Ó Catháin was Bishop of Raphoe. Ó Catháin was bishop from 6 February 1514, and accepted royal supremacy of King Henry VIII in...
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    new freeholds, especially that granted in North Ulster to the O'Cahan chief. The O'Cahan had formerly been important subjects of the O'Neills and required...
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    Frank Hugh O'Donnell (also Frank Hugh O'Cahan O'Donnell), born Francis Hugh MacDonald (9 October 1846 – 2 November 1916) was an Irish writer, journalist...
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  • Ulster, a province of Ireland. The surname has also been anglicised as O'Cahan, Kane, O'Keane, O'Kean, O'Keen, O'Keene, Keen, Keene, Kain, O'Kaine, and...
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    St Mary's was built in the 11th century. Its ruins contain the tomb of O'Cahan (Cooey na Gall O' Cahan), laid to rest in 1385. A thicket of thorn bushes...
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    English would capture Limavady Castle and kill all the O'Cahan troops in the area, with Manus O'Cahan submitting partly to the Crown and signing an indenture...
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  • officer Manus McGuire, Irish fiddle player Manus O'Cahan, leader of the 17th-century Manus O'Cahan's Regiment Manus O'Donnell (died 1737), Irish nobleman...
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  • television and radio presenter/producer in Ireland. Professor Tim (1957) – Hugh O'Cahan She Didn't Say No! (1958) – Jim Power Sea of Sand (1958) – Sgt. Hardy Shake...
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  • Montrose) Irish Brigade (600 men) (Col. Manus O'Cahan) Thomas Laghtnan's Regiment James McDonnell's Regiment / O'Cahan's Regiment Strathbogie Regiment (500) Col...
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    Burgh/Burke-married into the O'Brian Clan O'Carroll clan -related to the Ui Neill. O'Cahan - claim descent from the Uí Néill. Clan Ó Ceallaigh-related to the Uí Néill...
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    regarding the tune's 'coming' to the blind itinerant harpist Rory Dall O'Cahan in a dream. A documentary detailing this version was broadcast on Maryland...
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  • means king. Alternatively, it can be a variation of the Irish surname O'Cahan. Alan Keen (1937–2011), British politician Andrew Keen (born c. 1960),...
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    families of differing political alignments: Clans Sweeney na dTuath and O'Cahan, as well as two rival O'Donnell branches led by Hugh McHugh Dubh O'Donnell...
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  • many more. In 1442, according to the Annals of Ulster, the MacQuillan-O'Cahan feud started. By the 1460s, with the earldom of Ulster near its end, the...
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    Ecclesiastical Record. 16. Dublin: John F. Fowler. Clavin, Terry (October 2009). "O'Cahan, Sir Donnell Ballach". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006536...
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    artists such as Henry Raeburn, Pompeo Batoni and Thomas Gainsborough. Manus O'Cahan and Montrose fought a successful minor battle against the Covenant Army...
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  • Eachmarcach Ó Catháin (a.k.a. Echlin O'Cahan or Ackland Kane), Irish harper and composer, 1720–1790). Ó Catháin was born at Drogheda in 1720, and was...
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  • (2): 1958, 2003 Antrim Minor Football Championship (3): 1948, 1994, 1999 O'Cahan Cup (1): 1982 Antrim Senior Ladies' Football Championship (1): 1998 Antrim...
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    MacDonald clansman from the Western Isles of Scotland. They included Manus O'Cahan (an Irish cousin to MacColla) and his 500-man regiment. Shortly after landing...
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